Dental waste-cotton receptacle.



No. 819,678. PATENTE D MAY 1, 1906 B. G. SIMMONS.

DENTAL WASTE COTTON RBCEPTACLE.

APPLICATION TILED NOV.11,1905.

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BERT G. SIMMONS, on NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To JOHNSON &\JOHNSON, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWJERSEY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DENTAL, WASTE-COTTON REQEPTACLE.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filer] novemtain aos. SerialNo. 286,846-

To all wlwm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERT G. SIMMONS, a-

new and useful Improvements in Dental Waste-Cotton Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to dentistry, and has particular reference to a waste-cotton rece tacle and the objects are to provide a simp e, particularly inex ensive, combustible, and sanitary receptac e from a foldable blank for the soiled, unsightly, and odorant waste-cotton removed from teeth, which shall have a normally closed cover having a small openin provided with slitted edges, throu h whic openin the soiled cotton twiste around the en of the excavator or other tool or held in pliers can-be inserted into the opening of the receiver and removed by withdrawing it aglainst the slitted edges of said 0 ening wit out touching the cotton with t efingers. V Another object is to provide the quadrangular receptacle with a clamp or retainer therefor provided with spring-fingers which will permit the receptacle to be placed in va Iious locations for the convenience of the dentist.

I'attainthese objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the foldable waste-cotton receptacle, which is made ofpapen- Fig. 2 are four to views of the receptacle, showing modified orms of openings therein. Fig. 3 1S a perspective view of the receptacle-holder mounted upon and secured to a weighty base.

The ordinary waste-receivers now in use are rather expensive, being made of metal, and have an opening star-shaped or other form. This opening becomes covered with infectious matter, and the necks of the instruments touching it while insertin. the soiled waste-cotton into the receiver an detaching it are infected, and the receiver being in use throughout the day the infection is carried from one patient to another, even though the instruments may be sterilized before starting each operation. The advantages of this receiver are that being of paper and inexpen sive one or more receiver is used for each patient and is burned after using and without opening it,,thus avoiding infectious matter and pus beingcarried from the receiver used by one patient on thenecks of the instru' ments to another atient. The X-shaped or slitted ed es are e astic and ermit the introduction 0 various sizesof plgdgets of cotton, and in withdrawing the instrument said edges retain and pick the cotton ofl from the tweezers or other instruments carrying it. In the drawings, A represents the wastecotton receiver, which is of strong aper or light cardboard,and therefore com ustible. It is rectangular, about one inch s uare and two inches high; but said sizes may e varied at pleasure, other forms ma also be given thereto, and it may be sli ht y lar er at one end. It is cut froma blan suitab y out and folded and is therefore foldable and ada ted to be shipped in fiat lots of fifty or one undred, occupying but little space. To retain the receiver in a vertical position in any location suitable to a dentist, a spring-clamp is used. As shown in Fig. 3 it consists of two pairsof bent wires B, crossing each other in direction and secured to a weighty base C.-

In Fig. 2 are shown in plan the top of four receivers, each provided in the center with an opening having slitted edges, as shown at c (1 cf, for the purpose described.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim A' foldable and combustible wast-cotton rece tacle consisting of a rectangular box me e of a sheet of aper creased and folded to obtain the four sides, the top and the bottom and tongues to secure said parts together, said top having a perforation with slitted ed es, substantially asdescribed;

n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERT c. SIMMONS. 

